I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
Cowrie shells and gold ALL summer.
April 19, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Cowrie shells and gold ALL summer.
Cat
limestone relief
The cat is wearing a necklace of cowrie shells
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Egypt 305-30 BCE
collections.mfa.org/objects/148421
limestone relief
The cat is wearing a necklace of cowrie shells
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Egypt 305-30 BCE
collections.mfa.org/objects/148421
August 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Cat
limestone relief
The cat is wearing a necklace of cowrie shells
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Egypt 305-30 BCE
collections.mfa.org/objects/148421
limestone relief
The cat is wearing a necklace of cowrie shells
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Egypt 305-30 BCE
collections.mfa.org/objects/148421
A nice haul of Spotted Cowrie (Trivia monacha) and Arctic Cowrie (Trivia arctica) shells.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
October 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A nice haul of Spotted Cowrie (Trivia monacha) and Arctic Cowrie (Trivia arctica) shells.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
The cowrie shells in her necklace were once used to buy enslaved people. That is a profoundly defiant piece of jewelry
June 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The cowrie shells in her necklace were once used to buy enslaved people. That is a profoundly defiant piece of jewelry
White people, cowrie shells are not for you.
I know you saw Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wearing a cowrie shell collar yesterday. I BETTER NOT SEE YOU ORDERING IT FROM ETSY!!! TAKE IT OUT YOUR CART. 🗣️😤
I know you saw Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wearing a cowrie shell collar yesterday. I BETTER NOT SEE YOU ORDERING IT FROM ETSY!!! TAKE IT OUT YOUR CART. 🗣️😤
January 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
White people, cowrie shells are not for you.
I know you saw Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wearing a cowrie shell collar yesterday. I BETTER NOT SEE YOU ORDERING IT FROM ETSY!!! TAKE IT OUT YOUR CART. 🗣️😤
I know you saw Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wearing a cowrie shell collar yesterday. I BETTER NOT SEE YOU ORDERING IT FROM ETSY!!! TAKE IT OUT YOUR CART. 🗣️😤
Cowrie shells protect against evil.
January 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Cowrie shells protect against evil.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. 🙌
January 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. 🙌
You may want to wrap the nation in cowrie shells.
January 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
You may want to wrap the nation in cowrie shells.
I love how Ketanji Brown Jackson wore cowrie shells as a symbol of resistance at the inauguration. 🖤🖤🖤
January 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I love how Ketanji Brown Jackson wore cowrie shells as a symbol of resistance at the inauguration. 🖤🖤🖤
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is well protected in a fabulous Cowrie shells neck piece. The National Museum of African American History and Culture notes that, in America, the shell is thought to be a totem used to resist enslavement.
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#Inaugurationday2025
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January 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is well protected in a fabulous Cowrie shells neck piece. The National Museum of African American History and Culture notes that, in America, the shell is thought to be a totem used to resist enslavement.
#Addtoblacksky
#Blacksky
#Inaugurationday2025
#Addtoblacksky
#Blacksky
#Inaugurationday2025
Still life with blue tit, Georg Flegel, 1629.
September 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Still life with blue tit, Georg Flegel, 1629.
With the cowrie shells
IKKTFR!!!
IKKTFR!!!
January 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
With the cowrie shells
IKKTFR!!!
IKKTFR!!!
A mix of Spotted Cowrie (Trivia monacha) and Arctic Cowrie (Trivia arctica) shells.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
November 24, 2024 at 3:04 PM
A mix of Spotted Cowrie (Trivia monacha) and Arctic Cowrie (Trivia arctica) shells.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
I’m today’s instalment of vanishing Palestinian craft work, I bring you beading. These examples are from Margarita Skinner’s book Palestinian Embroidery Motifs 1850-1950 A Treasury of Stitches.
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’m today’s instalment of vanishing Palestinian craft work, I bring you beading. These examples are from Margarita Skinner’s book Palestinian Embroidery Motifs 1850-1950 A Treasury of Stitches.
& that’s that on that.
January 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
& that’s that on that.
I need to say that I first read about the significance of the necklace from Vogue & did a bit of research on my own. Here’s the entry from the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
nmaahc.si.edu/cowrie-shell...
nmaahc.si.edu/cowrie-shell...
Cowrie Shells and Trade Power
nmaahc.si.edu
January 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I need to say that I first read about the significance of the necklace from Vogue & did a bit of research on my own. Here’s the entry from the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
nmaahc.si.edu/cowrie-shell...
nmaahc.si.edu/cowrie-shell...
A thought for those of you who love worldbuilding. Cowrie shells were once used as a form of currency, in part because they share a lot of the traits of coins: they're easy to carry, durable, and hard to counterfeit.
So, why don't I see more shell-based currencies in fantasy books?
So, why don't I see more shell-based currencies in fantasy books?
April 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A thought for those of you who love worldbuilding. Cowrie shells were once used as a form of currency, in part because they share a lot of the traits of coins: they're easy to carry, durable, and hard to counterfeit.
So, why don't I see more shell-based currencies in fantasy books?
So, why don't I see more shell-based currencies in fantasy books?
guy who's started hoarding cowrie shells
July 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM
guy who's started hoarding cowrie shells
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is well protected in a fabulous Cowrie shells neck piece representing warding off evil & negative energy as a protective amulet Protecting herself. 🙏🏽❤️ #Inauguration.
January 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is well protected in a fabulous Cowrie shells neck piece representing warding off evil & negative energy as a protective amulet Protecting herself. 🙏🏽❤️ #Inauguration.